Author: chuck goolsbee

I never did note the make and model of this truck (30’s Chevy IIRC) because to be perfectly honest, old trucks hold no special place in my heart. But I can recall spending quite a bit of time looking when I saw it at our local home town car show for two reasons:
1. The mechanical restoration was very well done, in that it was not OVERdone as so many cars are these days.
2. Almost in violation of what I just said, the paint was truly gorgeous.

Here was a flat lacquer job that had a deep lustrousness to it that you could swim in. Two-tone blue/black with a business name hand painted on the doors, it was exquisite. My photo does not do the paint justice though, especially since yours truly is reflected in the fender, big floppy hat and all.

Glad to see CorvairDad pull off a win on this weekend’s CPotD. And here I thought it was an easy one. 😉

I like to pull out unusual machines for weekend CPotD posts. I doubt this one qualifies as a “stumper” but it certainly is unusual, and both are quite rare.

Can you name the cars?

I can not recall what sort of car this was on, sorry, but my first instinct says “Oldsmobile”. The shape of the ornament took me aback as it seems to morph from one item to another depending upon how you look at it. I don’t know if it is stock, or an aftermarket add-on. I’ll defer to those who know, so feel free to clue me in.

This was shot in Libby, Montana at the lunch put on by The Libby Igniters car club for the Going To The Sun rally a few years back. The Igniters are a great bunch of folks and they lay out an AWESOME barbeque, with amazing food and deserts that’ll blow you away. Their cars are nice too! I recall hearing that they are the second or third oldest car club in the USA.

These two guys spent an entire week with a smile plastered across their faces. They attended the 2006 Going To The Sun Rally is this lovely little Coventry-built car and always motioned us to pass them whenever we came up behind them. When I finally asked them why, they said because they loved to hear the exhaust note of the E-type as it roared by. True car guys!

Yes, they are all low-hanging fruit, but lets name all the cars in the photo shall we?

This car was famous in its era for podium finishes at prestigious international sports car races, yet it comes from an unlikely place. Can you name the car, and the place?

Corvairdad nailed it on the first try: It is a 1952 Nash-Healey roadster. Here are some additional photos:

It belongs to John Gumbinger of Lake Stevens, WA, and he brings it out to our local cruise-ins at the Burger King in Arlington on sunny Saturday evenings.